Cider-mill



B. R. COLLINS CIBER MILL.

(No Model.)

Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BAALAM RANDOLPH COLLINS, OF SUTHSIDE, TENNESSEE.

CIDER-MILL.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 438,679, dated October21, 1890.

Application filed May 26,1890. Serial No. 353,217. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,BAALAM RANDOLPH COLLINS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Southside, in the county of Montgomery and State ofTennessee, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cider-Mills; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to cider-mills; and it is chiefly my object toprovide a mill which shall be simple and economical of construc tion andefiective in operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my cider-mill.Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the hopperand the devices contained therein, showing the feed-gage partly open.

Reference being had to the drawings, A de notes the hopper hinged to theframe-work.

B denotes a sliding feed-gage having a lip or projection b.

b b are tracks or sideways secured to the inner side walls of thehopper, upon which the feed-gage rides.

A is a crusher-bar built into the rear end of the hopper or adjustablysecured to the guide-board A by means of the slot a and clamps a asshown in the drawings.

C denotes a crank secured to a shaft D.

Said shaft carries a cog-wheel E, which meshes with a pinion F on theshaft G. Said shaft G carries a fly-wheel H.

K denotes a roller carried on the shaft D. Said roller has projectingteeth h.

L denotes a roller journaled to the framework, and isprovided withsockets Z.

M denotes a crib arranged under the rollers K L.

My cider-mill is preferably supported upon a frame-work, which consistsof four uprights properly braced and two horizontal bars provided withhandles for convenience in moving the mill.

The hopper, feed-gage, crusher-bar, and rollers K L and the teeth h areall made of wood, my object being that the cider and apples shall befree froin contact with any metal surface.

The shafts D and Gr, the cog E, pinion F, and fly-wheel H are preferablymade of metal. The crusher-bar can be adjust ed forward or backward uponthe guide-board A to better adjust the mill for smaller or largerapples. The purpose of said crusher-bar is tohold the apples that passbetween it and the feed- 'gage in contact with the knives h. Thefeedgage b projects through a slot cut in the front end of the hopper,said projection serving as a handle to operate the slide or gage. Thelip bis fastened to or formed on the under side of said feed-gage andserves to f0rce the apples that have passed under the feed-gage downupon and between the rollers, when required. The rollers K and L arejournaled to the frame-work and adjusted so that their peripheries meetor nearly meet; also, that the teeth 7a of the feed-roller K shallengage with the sockets in the roller L. Motion is imparted to theroller L by the roller K through the teeth and mortises.

The apples being placed in the hopper and motion imparted to therollers, the apples pass through the opening formed between the top ofthe crusher-bar and the feed-gage to the rollers, where the teeth k cutand crush the same into pomace, which is then carried between therollers and tightly pressed, the cider and pomace falling to the cribbeneath. If it should be found that the apples are fed too fast andthere is a tendency to choke, the feed-gage can be p ushed or slidinwardly, which shuts off the supply of apples and at the same timeforces the lip b down upon the apples undern eath, thus pressingthemagainst the revolving teeth and between the rollers until they arereduced to pomace, when the choking will be relieved.

Having shown and described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the sliding feed-gage having a lip b formed on itsunder side, the crusher-bar, and the crushing-rollers, substantially asand for the purposes shown and described.

2. A cider-mill having a hopper with the sliding feed-gage supportedupon trackways b b, the guide-board A and the crusher-bar adjustablysecured to said guide-board, substantially as shown and described.

In testimouy whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BAALAM RANDOLPH COLLINS.

Vitnesses:

W. J. LYLE, B. H. HAGEWOOD.

